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back spacing and wheel widths

oconnor

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San Rafael Ca
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97 sport 4wd
If I buy new wheels, what backspacing should I get. I am pretty sure that the back spacing will change if I go from a stock wheel to a 15x8 or 15x10.
I plan on running 32x11.5x15 tire on a 95 x sport andwant to know if first I can get away with that wide of a tire on a stock wheel, and if I do need to go wider, what backspacing should i get?
 



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I had my 32x11.5 on my stockers for a while, it works, but they rub quite a bit.
Then I got 15x8 rock crawler wheels w/ 3.75" backspacing and now it's perfect!
I don't know how different a genII is from gen1, but shouldn't be much.
 






Did it rub on the suspension or the inside of the fender or inside of the wheel well?
 












oconnor said:
Did it rub on the suspension or the inside of the fender or inside of the wheel well?
They rubbed on the radius arms and the tupperware along the bottom of the ex.
 






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